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recipe

[res-uh-pee] / ˈrɛs ə pi /


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"Co-hosting these global sporting events is not necessarily a recipe for a lovey-dovey relationship between the co-hosts," says Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff, an author and clinical assistant professor of global sport at New York University.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Like many of the packets in this story, taco seasoning works best when you stop thinking of it as a recipe and start thinking of it as an ingredient.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Moreover, it seems almost inevitable that the combined structure, with two sets of funding sources and a dual mandate, is a recipe for the type of dispute we have seen play out in court.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

That doesn’t sound like a recipe for shopping sprees and splashy vacations, but so far that’s what plenty of Americans are doing, according to commentary from retailers and consumer companies across the spectrum.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

That the dinner had been made from the archduchess’s own recipe seemed like a revelation best saved for another day, so Penelope said only, “Thank you,” and curtsied deeply.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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